Eastward HoAfter the completion of
West Coast filming, Meyers and Company packed up their crates and headed east,
disembarking at that blessed tip of eastern Long Island known as The Hamptons,
where much of the action of Something's Gotta Give takes place. Meyers
proceeded to film three weeks of exterior sequences with Nicholson, Keaton,
Reeves, McDormand and Peet on locations of natural beauty and privileged chic,
taking full advantage of both.

Much of the shooting
took place on Flying Point Beach, where the beautiful communities of Southampton
and Water Mill practically converge, as beautiful a stretch of sand as one is
likely to find in the continental United States, dotted with classic beach
houses, and tall grass waving atop sand dunes. But it was no vacation for the
film's company, as they battled the challenge of moving heavy equipment around
on mounds of sand, as well as New York's wildly unpredictable late spring
weather, which saw broiling sun one minute to be followed in short order by all
manner of natural permutations, including rain, wind and fog - often on the same
day. What was determined to be the worst May weather in longer than anyone could
remember bedeviled Meyers and company, as they literally shot between the
raindrops. Exteriors were also filmed at the lovely Southampton beach house,
which served as the original inspiration for Jon Hutman's amazing interior set
3000 miles to the west.

Hollywood came to the
picture-perfect village of East Hampton, perhaps the most famous of the area's
tony hamlets, when Nicholson, Keaton, McDormand and Peet filmed a sequence on
the famed Newtown Lane shopping street, culminating in their entering the actual
Barefoot Contessa. Although the residents of the Hamptons are hardly starstruck
- considering the fact that so many stars and other luminaries actually live
there, either full or part time - there was still a considerable crowd of
suitably impressed locals patiently watching the film's stars at work. Due to
the rain, filming also took place inside of East Hampton Studios, a fully
equipped facility nestled in a forest just a few miles from the famed village.

Traveling from the tip of "the
Island" to the more crowded and turbulent environs of New York City,
Meyers, along with her cast and crew, shot at a bewildering assortment of
locations in just a week's time, beginning on lower Broadway and then heading
to the East side, West side and all around the town. A 19th century
townhouse with contemporary interior design on East 78th Street
provided the location for Harry Sanborn's domicile, Central Park played itself
magnificently, as it always does, and for a montage establishing the New York
high life, Meyers actually shot in some of the city's chicest establishments,
including Mark't in the meat packing district, the Tribeca Grand Hotel and the
uber-hip Aureole restaurant on East 61st Street.

And then there was the
day when the company was filming outside of Broadway's Ethel Barrymore
Theatre, better known as the day â€˜When Jack Met Bill.' Arriving at a
speaking engagement across the street from the theatre on West 47th
Street, former President Clinton learned that his friend Nicholson was shooting
just a few steps away. The exuberant and boisterous New York crowd that had
already assembled to catch a glimpse of Jack Nicholson went crazy as they saw
these two glowing examples of American royalty embracing in the middle of 47th
Street, as did the paparazzi photographers who couldn't believe their good
fortune. With the company still shooting that evening, the former President
returned to the set after hi